Thursday, 13 August 2015

Logistic park at the Clairwood Racecourse Site and a mention of a nuclear plant on the Old Durban International Airport Site.... What's next for South Durban?

Logistics park at the Clairwood Racecourse Site and
now a mention of a nuclear plant on the old Durban International Airport Site…what’s
next for South Durban?

The Clairwood Racecourse Action
Committee (CRAC) will be hosting a mass community meeting to discuss the
developments that have been proposed for South Durban and the ramifications
these developments will have on the residents of South Durban and beyond.

What was once a beautiful
Racecourse and greenspace is now a sad piece of land intended to be a logistics
park which will cause havoc and destroy not only the environment and
biodiversity but also the lives of the residents and commuters that use these roads
daily. School kids will be bullied out by gigantic trucks and others stuck in
traffic catering for these monsters on the roads.

Adding on to more unsightly
development is the proposal by National Government that has identified the old
Durban international airport site for the placement for one of the 8 nuclear
plants. Considering the dangers of this type of development and planning to
locate it in an already polluted and heavily risked community is a direct
insult to the health and well-being of South Durban Residents.

These horrific developments
that plan to operate in a community that is already vulnerable to health and
safety risks will only increase the trucks on our roads threatening the lives
of our friends, families and kids, destroy the peace, beautiful biodiversity
and sense of community and add to the pollution, asthma and cancer rates.

This meeting is intended to
formulate a program of community action and develop solidarity with communities
in South Africa, on the continent and the world over in order to put a stop to
the dangerous and hazardous development proposals by our Government and private
developers all in their pursuit of large profits.

The community of South Durban
and beyond are invited to attend this meeting and participate in discussing the
concerns and action plans on how the community will deal with these issues that
place danger at our doorsteps. This is unacceptable and the people of South
Durban have come together to stop these ghastly developments.

The meeting details are as
follows:

Date: 16 August 2015

Time: 2:00 pm

Venue:Merebank Community
Centre Hall (On Krishna Rabilal Road)

Please help support our
campaign and join:

https://www.facebook.com/saveourgreenlung

http://sdceanews.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/SDCEAngo

For more information please
contact Desmond D’Sa on 083 982 6939 or Roshan Ramdeen on 084